112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 990 

AN ACT 

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Addi3 tional Temporary Extension Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHOR5 IZATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE SMALL 

6 BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS IN7 VESTMENT ACT OF 1958. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 

9 Act to extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small 

10 Business Administration’’, approved October 10, 2006 

11 (Public Law 109–316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most recently 

12 amended by section 1 of Public Law 112–1 (125 Stat. 3), 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as 

15 provided in section 3 of the Small Business Addi16 tional Temporary Extension Act of 2011, any’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘May 31, 2011’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2011’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

20 subsection (a) shall take effect on May 30, 2011. 

21 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF SBIR AND STTR TERMINATION 

22 DATES. 

23 (a) SBIR.—Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act 

24 (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘TERMINATION.—’’ and all that 

2 follows through ‘‘the authorization’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘TERMINATION.—The authorization’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2008’’ and in5 serting ‘‘May 31, 2012’’; and 

6 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

7 (b) STTR.—Section 9(n) of the Small Business Act 

8 (15 U.S.C. 638(n)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ and all 

11 that follows through ‘‘each Federal’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘IN GENERAL.—Each Federal’’; 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘that fiscal year’’ and in14 serting ‘‘a fiscal year’’; and 

15 (C) by striking clause (ii); and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The authorization to 

18 carry out the Small Business Technology Transfer 

19 Program established under this section shall termi20 nate on May 31, 2012.’’. 

21 (c) COMMERCIALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 

22 9(y)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)) 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘at the end of fiscal year 2010’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘on May 31, 2012’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR SBIR 

2 AND STTR PROGRAMS. 

3 Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(aa) COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR

6 SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.—All funds awarded, appro7 priated, or otherwise made available in accordance with 

8 subsection (f) or (n) must be awarded pursuant to com9 petitive and merit-based selection procedures.’’. 

Passed the Senate May 19, 2011. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 990 

AN ACT 

To provide for an additional temporary extension of 

other purposes. Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for programs under the Small Business Act and the